# What tree is this?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 20, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tree-is-this/656256 "2013-04-20T20:55:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tree-is-this/656256/1 "2013-04-20T20:55:50Z")

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Most of the year, it’s a very nondescript “trash” tree, but in the spring it get covered with these small, fragrant flowers. The tree sets many thousands of marble-sized fruits in the summer.

[Photo](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/8665625073/in/photostream).

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**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tree-is-this/656256/2 "2013-04-20T21:08:54Z")

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_[Melia azedarach](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melia_azedarach)_, commonly known as white cedar or Cape lilac. It’s a noxious weed in the US, introduced from Australia as payback for mesquite. 😛

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tree-is-this/656256/3 "2013-04-20T21:22:56Z")

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Interesting.  
Thank you.